“Fire Breaks Out on Tverskaya Street in Moscow: Emergency Services Responding”

“Fire Breaks Out on Tverskaya Street in Moscow: Emergency Services Responding”

The incident took place on Tverskaya Street. Videos shared on social media show thick black smoke rising several meters above the Russian capital. Emergency services are reportedly on their way to the scene. At the moment, the cause of the fire has not been reported. Recall that earlier in Moscow there was a fire on … Read more

Moscow Student Arrested for Reading Memoirs of Former SS Officer: Propaganda of Nazi Symbols

Moscow Student Arrested for Reading Memoirs of Former SS Officer: Propaganda of Nazi Symbols

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow has arrested student-historian Vladimir Panin for five days under an article about propaganda of Nazi symbols for reading the memoirs of former SS officer Peter Neumann “Black March” in the Moscow metro. The case card was discovered by Novaya Gazeta Europe on the website of the Moscow courts. Panin … Read more

“Human Rights Violated: Arrests of Peaceful Protesters on Coronation Day in London”

“Human Rights Violated: Arrests of Peaceful Protesters on Coronation Day in London”

Human Rights Watch, the international observatory of attacks against Human Rights, considers that the arbitrary arrests of peaceful demonstrators in favor of the Republic and against the Monarchy on the day of the coronation of Carlos III, are “something you would expect in Moscow, not in London”. Amnesty International, for its part, joined the condemnation … Read more

Understanding the Difference Between Spying, Influence and Interference: Insights from the DGSI

Understanding the Difference Between Spying, Influence and Interference: Insights from the DGSI

To have a definition of these practices, nothing better than those given by Nicolas Lerner. Before this same commission, the director general of internal security (DGSI) clearly distinguished each operation. First of all, thespying corresponds to “illegal access to confidential information”. This is what François Fillon refers to when he talks about the wiretapping affair … Read more

“Russia Shoots Down Ukrainian Drones Targeting Kremlin in Alleged Assassination Attempt on Putin”

“Russia Shoots Down Ukrainian Drones Targeting Kremlin in Alleged Assassination Attempt on Putin”

The Kremlin targeted by an attack? Russia said on Wednesday it shot down two Ukrainian drones targeting the presidential residence in Moscow. In the aftermath, the authorities accused kyiv of wanting to assassinate Vladimir Putin, seeing it as an attempted act “terrorist”, a few days before the military celebrations in Moscow. Faced with these events, … Read more

“Yevgeny Prigozhin’s expanding mercenary army and quest for power in Africa”

“Yevgeny Prigozhin’s expanding mercenary army and quest for power in Africa”

Yevgeny Prigozhin has greatly expanded the power of his mercenary army over the years. In addition to Ukraine, he is currently targeting one continent in particular. As head of the notorious Russian private army Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin not only has his hands full in the war in Ukraine. In Africa, too, where Wagner has been … Read more

Russian Foreign Ministry protests US Ambassador’s support for Kremlin critic

Russian Foreign Ministry protests US Ambassador’s support for Kremlin critic

(CNN) — The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a “strong protest” to US Ambassador to Moscow Lynn Tracy on Tuesday over her statements of support for imprisoned Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza. In a statement, the Russian Foreign Ministry accused the US envoy of violating the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, and threatened to end her stay … Read more

Ukraine Still Withholding Details on Destruction of Russian Cruiser Moskva

Ukraine Still Withholding Details on Destruction of Russian Cruiser Moskva

Almost a year after the destruction of the Russian cruiser Moskva, Ukraine still cannot tell all the details of the operation, because the Russians do not yet know about everything, and new “surprises” are being prepared for their fleet. The Minister of Defense said Alexey Reznikov on a joint briefing with Danish Acting Defense Minister … Read more

Military historian Sönke Neitzel weighs in on Putin’s predicament

Military historian Sönke Neitzel weighs in on Putin’s predicament

The tide turned after the brutal attack on Ukraine. The Russians are becoming increasingly defensive on all fronts. Can Ukraine’s offensive force President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table? “No. I no longer see any scope for a diplomatic solution,” says Prof. Sönke Neitzel from the University of Potsdam in an interview with our newspaper. … Read more